GlycolInjection

This spreadsheet calculates the minimum amount of required inhibitor usage.

Instructions:
1) Update input data in blue;
2) View result.

Input Data:
Gas flow rate: 40 MMscfd
Gas specific gravity (gg): 0.7 air = 1
Minimum pressure (pm): 900 psia
Inlet gas temperature (ti): 90 F
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Hydrate temperature pm: 65 F

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Operating temperature (to): 40 F

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Water content at ti and pm: 53 lb/MMscf

Water content at to and pm: 9.5 lb/MMscf
Inhibitor data: Used (1=Yes; 0=No)? Win Wout Density:
EG 1 80% 65% 9.08 ppg
DEG 0 80% 65% 9.08 ppg
Concentration of inhibitor in its commercial solution: 80% Wt %

Intermediate Calculations:

Water to be removed from gas (wG): 43.5 lb/MMscf

Molecular weight of inhibitor (MW)inh: 62
Density of inhibitor (rinh): 9.08 ppg
Hammerschmidt constant for inhibitor (KH): 4000
Depression of hydrate formation temperature (Dth): 25 F
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Wout for the selected inhibitor: 65 Wt %

Win for the selected inhibitor: 80 Wt %
Inhibitor requirement based on Hammerschmidt's method:

( MW )inh t h = 27.93 Wt %
W h= 100
( MW )inh t h + K H
Inlet concentration to be used: 80 Wt %

WG
I 100= = 150.80 lb/MMscf
100 100
( W out

W in )
Result:

Required volume of commercial inhibitor solution: 188.5 lb/MMscf

Required weight of commercial inhibitor solution: 20.76 gal/MMscf
Hourly inhibitor injection rate: 34.60 gal/hour
Daily inhibitor injection rate: 830.40 gal/day
Daily inhibitor injection rate: 7540 lb/day